Telephone stand



Aug. 10, 1943. D. E. WHITE TELEPHONE STAND 2 She ets-Sheet 1 Filed May 22, 1941 glwucnfor,

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Aug. 10, 1943. D. E. WHITE 2,326,591

TELEPHONE STAND Filed May 22, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 v 0/7/40 EWH/TE Patented Aug. 10, 1943 NI D TELEPHONE STAND" David 1;. wine, Cleveland, Ohio] 1 Application Ma 22 1941, seria1.1v 394,730 1 I i -flifoiaims. (c1.1v9 1'59) This invention is directed to an improved telephone stand having a-cradle for the reception of the telephone receiver, commonly referred to as the French type of telephone stand.

An object of the invention is' the provisionof a separate manuallyoperated'means for conand the interference caused by'the stenographer dropping thereceiverback onto its place in.the

' cradle.- When usinga' device of the presentinnecting and disconnecting the' current to the;

receiver or head set in'order that thetelephone may be connected and'disconnected when the receiver is removed from or partially removed from the cradle of the receiver stand.

Another object of the invention isthe provision or" a separate manual operator for telephone sets of the above type thatmay be permanently attached to the set, or in another-form may be attachedto a telephone set. Y

Still another object of the invention is the provision of a manual switch operator which is in a convenient position for operation by a finger of the telephone user, and without interference with the receiver asit is'removed from or placed on the cradle of the stand. Y t

'Other objects will appear hereinafter in the specification. f

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective View of one form of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a detail viewof the form shown in Figure 1 with part ofthe stand shown as broken away to show the relative position of the parts. Figure 3 is a view similar to, FigureZ, but showing a modified form of the invention Figure 4 is a plan view of another modification of theinvention. 1 V

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the form shown by Figure l, with some of the parts'i'n section. Figure 6 is a further modification of the invention in front elevation partly broken'away, a part of the stand being shown in section, and

Figure 7 is a top or plan view of the modification shown in Figure 6, one of the parts thereof being shown in section.

In business establishments, as is the usual practice, an operative or a stenographer answers the telephone and connects or notifies thevperson called. After the person called has lifted the receiver of his telephone, the stenographer usually replaces herreceiver in the cradle of her telephone stand. Such replacement of the telephone receiver results usually in an objectionable noise, which is heard by both the caller and the person called. This is due to the fact that the telephone receiver is dropped onto the cradle by the stenographer as she hangs up. The present invention does away with the annoyance vention the operatorlmerely depresses the manual' operating-member, and holds 'it depressed while replacing the telephone re ceiver in the cradle. 1. t

In Figure :1; which shows one form of the in?" vention,;the hand setor stand I iis'provided with the usual cradle members 2 and a plunger type switch member such as the de'pressible rods 3, either one of which whendepressed serves to disconnect the set-from.-the,line.-

Pivotally mounted on one side 'of the stand is-a switch 'operating -memberi, constructed preferably of sheet metal} The numeral '5 indicates the'pivotal mounting for the operating 1 memberflThere'isa' washer or studniember 6 for spacing the operatingfmerriber 4 from "the telephone stand I; This stud member" may be;

integral with the stand, butpreferably it is a,

separate part. Forming part of the-operatcr-is.

a vertical extension and an upper-horizontal extension-or ear 8. ;A lower'liorizontal extension. Y

or' ear 9 is located'on a line with'the bottom ofj' the operating member. I Preferably, as shown;

the ear 9'isremotely lo'cated' withreference w the operator pivot'5.

In the construction illustrated, thesWitch operating: member may readily be attached to telephone sets now in use by boring a small screw threaded hole in the side of the telephone set stand for the reception of the pivot 5, which after the operating member 4 and washer 6 are placed thereon, is screwed in thejsaid hole and the parts assume th position shownin Figure 1,.

with the ear 8 resting upon the. top of the left hand rod 3. It is to be understood that the operating member 4 'turns on, acylindricalportion I of the'pivot 5, that is, the portion not provided with screw threads. -Most.machine screws are provided with a cylindrical portion near thehead thereof. w a

It will be noted that no modification of the telephone stand is required other than the boring of a hole suitable-for the reception of the screw pivot 5, and. that the operating member itself may be made at a cost ofonly a fewcen'ts, and its attachment to either side of the stand may be quickly and'easily accomplished. When in the position shown the receiver may be replaced on the cradle while the operating member is held depressed by the finger of the user. To disconnect the telephone connection, it is only necessary to push downwardly with one finger on the ear 9. This forces the rod 9 down as the ear 8 is forced down, thereby disconnecting the telephone. Thus no sound is heard at either end of the telephone line except the slight click made when the instant telephone receiver is disconnected, and the disagreeable sound, which often momentarily interrupts conversation on the telephone line, due to the replacing of the receiver on the stand cradle, is entirely done away with.

In the form shown in Figure 3 the stand 10 is provided, as in Figure 1, withfcrad'le members ll, only one of which is shown, and the plunger 21 is shown. This rod is preferably provided with a head 28, which is the means by which it may be depressed and rotated by the hand of the user.

1 may be depress'ed'and then rotated to engage the type switch having depressible rods 12, only one being shown for purposes of illustration. The

upper end of this rod maybe modified by redue ing the upper end thereof to provide a screw threaded stud portion, although it is to be understood that the threads may be omitted and any other suitable means substituted for attach n the operating member to the switch operating rod. 'The operating member M has, an upper horizontal ear 15 having arecessor hole '5 fiwhlcih, as stated above, may be attached to -the rod in any suitable-manner, suchasby a threaded connection shown; The operating member may be depressed to-.force down the plunger type switch having the rod l2 to thereby disconnect the telephone, by pressing downwardly with the finger V on the lower'horizontal ear I], without interferring with the operation of removing ,or replacing the receiver from or'tofits position of rest on the cradle of the ,stand The results are the same as those described in connection ith Figures land 2. v

The telephone stand Figures 15 is not as modern in its construction as thatfihown in-Figure 1.} This, 'standal 8, still widely is provided with cradle members i9, a single ve r tically movable switch operating rod 2-9, centrally located with reference to thecradle members llfi,

and extensions 2! integralwith the rod 253;

h i v nt n h wn in E eures e and 5 iconsists in p ovid an iope a i'ng memb 122 haw ins an uppe l ori o al earprex c sionfiii, and

'a lower horizontal ear or extension 24, :Which latterlmayjbe depr ss bat e vfin e one hand, while as is usually-the Q iSQthepther-lianQ holds the telephone receiveriinotshown). The

nde a is te ral pa t of th ;QX$K1KJI1S 2| as shown, althoughil donot desire {to gbe l im" it d :a construction w re the ope tin :bel is integral withlei-ther the rod 129 tor ltheievxr tensions 2i, as it may be :a-ttachcd .anylsuit able manner to either .of,=these parts, aswillxbe V .one of the cradles -26;andone switch'operating'lrod underside portion of the top 29 as shown in dotted 'linQSin Figure 7. In thisp sipio the rod 21 will remain depressed until it has been rotated again to the position where the stud 32 will move upwardly within the notch 31, whereupon the rod l with its stud will move upwardly (under the force of one or more springs provided in the standard telephone set) to connect th telephone into the It will be noted that the invention shown in Figures 6 and 7 is somewhat different from that illustrated in the other names- .s'li fi Dead mist be entire y remov d. in th cons ru t on o Fi ures 16 and :7, be ore them s 2 .ca h manually .onerated. matter th headset-has b en sc ewed the swit h ma b o ened and he d in his pos ion by the. s u '32. and; an add tipnal ma ua .QDS 'MZ QHJiS requir efore the i h ma b opened; add t on t any q g a ion o minera .oi thehea s t from th v rad .v

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